If you’ve read my stuff on One Foot Down the last couple of years, you know that I am from Lexington, Kentucky and grew up a Kentucky Wildcats fan. For my entire adolescence, John Calipari served as the men’s basketball coach at UK and, if you hadn’t heard, he just took off for Arkansas this offseason.
“Hayden, why are you yet again bringing up Kentucky basketball on a Notre Dame sports blog?” Well, it’s because Calipari’s departure got me thinking once again about the numerous parallels between Kentucky basketball and Notre Dame football.